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Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« on: September 09, 2007, 08:57:19 pm »
Though a few travelers enjoying their slightly heavier purses likely try to keep the source to themselves, it becomes more known that the colorful halfling at the Shack near the crossroads has and continues to offer small sums of gold or what food/drink she can provide for rumors, songs, and stories. It doesn't seem to matter if she's already heard them, for several offer that she paid them all the same even if she seemed to know their bits already, or if a piece of information seemed to matter little in the grand scheme of things.

In fact, what exactly is told or from whom it came seemed to matter not at all, so long as something was shared, though apparently higher quality would net a higher gain. Occasionally, by request, a story is paid with another story.


[SIZE=10]((Level of experience matters little, nor does it matter whether it is quest related or not. Particularly good for lower level characters that are starving and poor and are willing to gossip or spin a tale, as what is a good sum to an NPC or level 1 character is pennies to the rich well traveled adventurer. Lengthy info not required. Will be occurring on and off over the week or so, will post when she's around. Today starts: now, for the next few hours, even if no one is around.))[/SIZE]
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors, Songs, and Tales
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2007, 10:14:24 pm »
((Acacea is briefly led away from the Crossroads for some emergency or another - a small note is left simply saying in a scrawl "WILL RETURN!" but not much else.))
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors, Songs, and Tales
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2007, 11:49:55 pm »
The colorful halfling sits chatting at the Shack again, the offer still good for rumors and stories.
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors, Songs, and Tales
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2007, 02:35:29 am »
After what can only be described as an 'interesting' session of banter, tales, drama, and unsatisfied curiosity (and probably a few too many drinks), the torch is snuffed at the Crossroads and the halfling steps into a portal and is gone again.

((Thanks to players and DMs that happened by to play with campfire sessions. Special thanks to Timulty for his tale.))
 

Acacea

Re: Coin for Rumors
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2007, 04:36:59 pm »
Sitting with an old journal that shimmers slightly that she leafs through, giggling at old stick figure drawings, she waits with a pack of food and drinks and a purse of coin for any tale-tellers or gossipers that happen by, for word of anything from epic journeys to a woman's husband drunk at the Scamp wearing her best dress...
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors, Songs, and Tales
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2007, 05:30:59 pm »
Comers to the Shack find no halfling waiting unless they look up, where she is apparently sprawled loosely on an upper branch of the tree near the campfire, her things in a little nook next to her. There is some vague rumor about a drunken orc, but little else to explain the odd choice of passing out.

((Was only an hour, but have to run unexpectedly. Thanks Erugor for the orc play.))
 

Acacea

Re: Coin for Rumors
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2007, 04:41:23 pm »
She joins others at the Shack to listen to gossip while odd alchemical creations are tried out.
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors, Songs, and Tales
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2007, 07:55:29 pm »
After what could be argued an overly eventful day, the halfling trots away with speedy feet and more gossip, the colorful scarf tying her hair streaming behind her.

((Thanks all those who gathered for one reason or another, and to Harlas for the unpleasant surprise! Sorry that several of us had to leave for quest, next time ;)))
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors, Songs, and Tales
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2007, 05:22:34 pm »
For a full third or more of the year the colorful halfling appeared not once at the Crossroads to hear the gossip of travelers with a smile and coins to offer, but after the missing posters had just started to appear, she arrives and swings down from the branches again to sit, as if it had been no longer than a day. After only a few moments, others drift by to talk or share, and the torch at the crossroads burns cheerfully.
 

Acacea

Re: Coin for Rumors
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2007, 09:31:13 pm »
She curls up to take a nap next to the sleeping ferret, after food and stories and even arguments.

((Thanks everyone who was in and out.))
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2008, 03:22:34 pm »
A few tangles of black curls escape the head scarf as a colorfully dressed halfling jumps up and down with a large torch, trying to reach the unlit one at the crossroads... her bells and dangling keys at her waist jingle and clink together at the activity, until she finally pulls several things from draping sleeves and stacks them on top of one another to climb and reach.

Once lit, the torch at the crossroads burns cheerfully and she returns to hang upside down from a branch before the fire to see if any news feels like travelling...


((Probably be here for an hour or two, barring unexpected side journeys.))
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2008, 08:47:38 pm »
With debates flown from her head by it filling with grandiose plans for festivities and magic, she scampers up a tree and hops to another branch to entertain herself and plan for days to come...

((Thanks to those that dropped by, mostly Storold and Timulty for any length of time ;) And yay updates!))
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Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2009, 08:54:31 pm »
[INDENT]The oft-neglected torch at the crossroads burns for passing travelers as the leather-foot halfling sits in the lowest branch of a tree, feet dangling, and entertains herself with music and stories to the stream until visitors arrive, or don't.

If only she had the coin to give for rumors, but alas! Comers would have to be satisfied with pie, and isn't that much better anyway?[/INDENT]
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2009, 12:22:31 am »
[INDENT]After some hours of lone singing, and more hours of company, the torch is dampened and a small group makes their way off... well, "That Way."

((Thanks for those that came by.))
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Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2009, 12:10:34 am »
[INDENT]From the campfire near the Stormcrest Shack comes the sound of a humming both weary and cheerful, that drifts and wanders in and out of harmony with the comings and goings of the breeze. A small halfling examines her bare feet as she sits holding them against one another, wiggling toes in some grand re-enactment of life's scenes in the form of Foot, waiting for visitors to come with stories or rumors, for visitors to come wanting stories or rumors, or for no one to come at all. The torch burns at the crossroads, whether or not it appreciates her entertainment.[/INDENT]
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2009, 02:39:13 am »
[INDENT]Despite a night of laughter and old friends, the shadows linger on her sleepless face as she reaches up to extinguish the torch, leaving behind the memory of questions and scrolls, of hierophants and bad puns, and letting wandering feet find another path for the night to the sound of an ethereal music of the stars...

((Thanks everyone! Sorry for the rampaging children distraction I ended up with... Next time... ;)))
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Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2009, 10:17:46 pm »
[INDENT]An indignant squawk and rapid fluttering of wings... a swearing halfling tumbling out of the branches above the campfire... with her "leaf chic" tangled halo of hair, the only possible explanation is it being mistaken for a nest by some hopeful feathered traveler. After dusting herself off and rubbing hands over weary eyes, the torch at the crossroads is lit to welcome travelers, whether they seek guides, the telling or hearing of stories, idle chatter, or only pass without stopping...[/INDENT]
 

Acacea

Re: Coin for Rumors
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2009, 02:57:52 am »
[INDENT]After many visitors, she finally unslings her staff and vaults her leather feet off in hops to dampen the lantern, singing to fill the space between road and sky with music that contrasts her worn and tired face...

((Thanks to JennaraSteelTribaCaerwynArgosAnnabelleSamTimultyFenthonandIdoran for coming by, good times! Next time more people will have to show up before 10pm so we can go somewhere ;) ))
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Acacea

Re: Coin for Rumors
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2009, 06:59:01 pm »
[INDENT]Despite mechanical appearances to the contrary, the torch at the crossroads flickers lazily as a chiming and clinking halfling paces between the bridges near the Shack. She carries a runed staff over one shoulder and can be heard telling passersby that she is Troll Acacea (and will accept no other form of address) and will eat absolutely anyone that tries to cross her bridges without answering a riddle or paying a toll. "I'm a toll troll, you see," she explains helpfully at every opportunity.[/INDENT]
 

Acacea

Coin for Rumors
« Reply #19 on: September 10, 2009, 11:56:37 pm »
[INDENT]After some goodbyes and partings are had, the torch is dampened again and a trio heads off for a distant northern forest, after riddles and stories and silliness...[/INDENT]

((Thanks to HedessaNi'haerValancaFeawenAnnwylRazandJennaraetc, especially those that shared a story or song.))
 

 

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